‘South Park’ Rips Harry And Meghan Fake ‘Privacy’ Tour, Scores New Fans Across The Pond

South Park” has just picked up another nation full of fans with its brutal takedown of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and their apparent thirst for attention even while demanding “priva-sah.”

The latest “South Park” episode is titled, “The World-Wide Privacy Tour” and features “the Prince of Canada and his wife,” who were clearly modeled after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

During the episode, the Canadian prince and his wife — who look similar to Harry and Markle — go on a worldwide “we want our privacy” tour following a book tour for his tell-all memoir “Waaaagh,” The Daily Mail reported. The cover of the memoir looks similar to that of Harry’s real-life memoir “Spare.” The Markle look-alike then decides the only escape is to move to the small mountain town of South Park, which upsets residents.

The many thinly-veiled swipes at the Sussexes and their constant attacks on the monarchy seems to have earned the animated show new fans in the United Kingdom, with the latest episode being one of the top trending items across the pond.

One person tweeted that the show “makes fun of Harry and Meghan. As usual, they get it, spot on.”

“Amazing right?” another added. “Here’s the one South Park got Spot. On!!  And… Look, it’s trending in the UK too.”

Amazing right? Here's the one South Park got Spot. On!! 👇
And… Look, it's trending in the UK too. 😂😂👇 pic.twitter.com/0z6q4ecNev

— Daisy Hart ('Royal Expert'!) (@HartDaisy1) February 17, 2023

A headline in the UK Mirror reads, “South Park fans hail ‘pure gold’ episode as producers rip into Prince Harry and Meghan.”

“The #southpark episode of Harry and Meghan is pure effing gold,” one wrote.

Another added, “New #SouthPark is awesome so far!!! They are definitely ripping on Harry and Meghan.”

While another wrote, “South Park has seriously nailed Meghan Markle & Prince Harry. #SouthPark.”

Entertainment Tonight Canada noted that the show mocking the royals brought back some fans and earned the show new ones.

Twitter user Canellelabelle wrote, “I have never ever heard of this show till now but THIS is hilarious! They summed up exactly how we all see this annoying duo.”

#SouthPark has fans rolling in laughter over #PrinceHarry and #MeghanMarkle parody https://t.co/YW9LOJwspc

— ET Canada (@ETCanada) February 16, 2023

Another praised the creators/writers of the show, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, “Yo [SouthPark] has the best writers in the game by far!”

While another shared, “Big thanks to South Park creating this for us. We deserve a big laugh after all the things they’ve done. This is the best thing [to] ever happen since the Oprah [interview].”

‘Stuff Travels Really Far’: Here’s How Chemicals Like Those Released From The Ohio Train Derailment Tend To Move

The release of toxic chemicals from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has generated concerns about potential impacts on air and water quality in the small rust belt community and across the Ohio River Basin. Alex Hollingsworth, an environmental and energy policy researcher at Indiana University, detailed the behavior of industrial chemicals released in excess emissions during an interview with The Daily Wire.

Local and state authorities previously evacuated all residents within one mile of the February 3 derailment and started the controlled burn of industrial chemicals on the vehicle to decrease the risk of an explosion, which could have sent shrapnel throughout the small town. Vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen, was emitted from five train cars last week in the form of massive plumes of dark smoke visible throughout eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

Hollingsworth primarily researches excess emissions events in Texas, where state laws require companies to immediately report even smaller explosions and chemical releases. Though he does not study vinyl chloride, Hollingsworth noted that researchers consider a variety of factors when determining the possible trajectory of industrial pollutants. A substance released at a smokestack on a windy day, for example, will generally travel further than a substance released at ground level on a calm day, while some compounds interact with materials in the atmosphere.

“There’s a mistake often that people make in their mind when they think, ‘This thing is only emitted here, I should only expect to see effects in a really tiny area around there.’ They’ll get greater concentrations near to the source, but stuff travels really far,” Hollingsworth commented. “It just makes it harder to detect the effect of any one event on health outcomes or even in a pollution reading, but it doesn’t mean that there’s no effect.”

Hollingsworth shared a model with The Daily Wire created with data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showing that the greatest low-altitude concentration of particles from the burn were forecasted to travel across southwestern Pennsylvania and the northern portion of West Virginia. High-altitude particles were forecasted to blow across New York, Vermont, Lake Ontario, and southeastern Canada.

Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) remarked during a Tuesday press conference that air tests conducted by members of the Ohio National Guard sent into the area of the derailment with protective gear purportedly showed that the air quality was “basically what it was prior to the actual train crash.” When asked about the validity of the assertion, Hollingsworth said that the claim could be correct, but noted that the behavior of the particles may be different elsewhere.

“It is totally possible that that claim is true and accurate, and that downwind farther away, concentrations have changed in a way that would be potentially damaging,” Hollingsworth continued. “It is possible that right by the source, air pollution levels as measured did not change very much, but because of the plume where the wind was blowing, there are changes in concentrations that are farther away.”

Hollingsworth said that he has observed increases in mortality linked to excess emission events through his research in Texas. Although one cannot definitively link a particular excess emission to a particular death, the cumulative impact of many smaller chemical releases has a demonstrable impact on public health.

“Events like this happen a lot in small numbers that are less salient,” Hollingsworth remarked. “They don’t have big plumes of smoke and a train derailment is not involved. It’s like, ‘Jim dropped a wrench, and then we had an off-gassing of a few hundred pounds of this chemical.’ They often go unreported, and it’s essentially impossible to link health effects of pollution. They are more common than people would think, and they are a threat to public health and safety.”